A rally of a "Far-Right" group in Paris that got no attention till after the fact but by Monday it became a big story in the Mainstream Media.
Was it a staged event like the ones here in the US of the so-called "Patriot Front"?
Accounts Minister Gabirel Attal suggested last Tuesday that some of those protesting last weekend were associated with the National Rally of Marine Le Pen.
Earlier in the week Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin directed local prefects of police to ban "far right" protests.
On Friday the Prefect of Police in Paris banning five "far-right actions" set for the weekend including a march and a meeting.
Later in the week government and mainstream media drama over the arson attack on the home of a Socialist Party mayor in the town of Saint-Brevin.
The action linked to opposition to a reception center for those seeking asylum in France.
Mayor Yannick Morez resigning after the attack.
The Macron government trying to link the "far-right" activity to the opposition to unrestrained immigration into France.
Emmanuel Macron this week continuing his efforts to change the subject from pension reform by talking about a "reindustrialization" of France the implication of that more workers (immigrants) would be needed.
Meanwhile on Friday a festive mood in Paris as the protests against pension reform continued with a Mardi Gras (Carnival) parade...
And in Lyon on Friday Health Minister Francois Braun greeted with a union sponsored protest featuring another concert of pots and pans in opposition to President Macron's imposition of pension reform...
Earlier in the week President Macron confronted by some three thousand protesters when he visited Lyon.
More protest today a weekly Yellow Vests gathering in Paris and street level interviews underway in the first live video this afternoon the group later inside a building police in force around it...
Reports by the mainstream media speak of a 'far-right' meeting in Paris today where two arrests were made on the sidelines of the meeting over clothing worn by the individuals arrested. A court has ruled that a "far-right" protest can take place in Paris tomorrow.
There were Yellow Vests on the streets in Paris here is a video of some of them dancing during the protest...
This is a two hour plus video of today's protest by Yellow Vests in Paris. Hundreds at least in attendance at one point the pots and pans were used one of the newer symbols of protest in France...
Today in Pau in southwestern France a protest of Yellow Vests and others including trade unionists opposing President Macron's imposition of pension reform.
In spite of bad weather many hundreds involved.
Police blocking the movement of protesters and tear gas used at one point in the video.
The protesters eventually offered up a concert of pots and pans after they had marched...
For now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.
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